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Principal - Cookstown Primary School, Mid Ulster
Client: Education Authority
Location: Mid Ulster, United Kingdom
Job Category: Education
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: c5a39ab67a4b
Job Views: 3
Posted: 03.03.2025
Expiry Date: 17.04.2025
Job Description:
Job Reference: 25000765
Primary Location: Tyrone-Cookstown-Cookstown Primary School
Contract Type: Permanent
Status: Full-Time
Hours per Week: Full-time
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday
Grade/Scale: Principal | L19-L25 | £73,036 - £84,439 per annum
School Group: Group 4
Anticipated Interview Date(s): Stage 1: Friday 28 March 2025
Additional Information: School Visit: TBC
Professional Duties of a Principal
The professional duties of a Principal include:
1. Formulating the overall aims and objectives of the school and policies for their implementation;
2. Participating in the selection and appointment of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the school;
3. Deploying and managing all teaching and non-teaching staff of the school;
4. Maintaining relationships with organisations representing teachers and other persons on the staff of the school;
5. Determining, organising and implementing an appropriate curriculum for the school;
6. Evaluating the standards of teaching and learning in the school;
7. Providing information about the work and performance of the staff;
8. Ensuring that the progress of the pupils is monitored and recorded;
9. Determining and ensuring the implementation of a policy for the pastoral care of the pupils;
10. Making arrangements for parents to be given regular information about the school curriculum;
11. Promoting effective relationships with persons and bodies outside the school;
12. Providing for liaison and co-operation with the employing authority;
13. Maintaining liaison with other schools and institutions of further education;
14. Allocating, controlling and accounting for financial and material resources;
15. Making arrangements for the security and effective supervision of the school;
16. Participating in any scheme of staff development and performance review of principals;
17. Arranging for a Vice-Principal to assume responsibility during absence;
18. Participating in the teaching of the pupils;
19. Ensuring a break of at least 30 minutes during the school day;
20. To participate in the Performance Review and Staff Development (PRSD) for Principals.
Key Areas for a Successful Candidate
1. Shaping the Future: Keep abreast of and anticipate educational trends;
2. Leading and Managing Staff: Provide high quality leadership to secure improvement;
3. Leading Learning and Teaching: Cultivate enthusiasm for and commitment to the learning process;
4. Developing the School in the Community: Lead and manage the development and promotion of a positive image of the school;
5. Managing the Organisation: Prioritise, plan and organise themselves and others;
6. Ensuring Accountability: Create and develop a culture in which all staff recognise accountability for the success of the school.
Conditions of Service: The Conditions of Service for this post will be in accordance with the Regulations of the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
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